Sarcophagus of St Sernin, Saint-Hilaire-D'Aude
The martyrdom of St Sernin, tied by his feet to the hind leg of a bull, being dragged through the streets of Toulouse, blessing women as he passes, at Mas Saintes Puelles, on the sarcophagus of St Sernin, by the Master of Cabestany in Romanesque style, mid 12th century, in the Saint-Hilaire-D'Aude Abbey, built 11th - 14th centuries and closed 1748, when it became a parish church, Saint-Hilaire, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. St Hilary built the first chapel on this site in the 6th century, dedicated to St Sernin. In the 10th century his relics were discovered here and the church, then an abbey, rededicated to St Hilaire. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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